Earlier this month, HT had reported how Sukhwant, a resident of Ajtani village of Nurmahal division, was taken to Saudi Arabia by a Delhi-based agent.

Her husband Kulwant Singh told HT his wife was in contact with him over phone for a week after she landed in Dubai. But a few days later, her phone was found switched off and the agent stopped taking calls.

“On May 7, my wife called me up from a hospital in Hail City of Saudi Arabia. She said the travel agent had sold her to a local resident and she was forced to work as a slave in his house and was being badly treated and even tortured,” he said.

She was admitted to hospital and the Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia assured all help to the family after Kulwant made an appeal to Sushma Swaraj on Twitter.

Sukhwant Kaur

“My wife Sukhwant Kaur is in trouble. She wants to come back home but her passport is with a travel agent who has disappeared now,” Kulwant Singh told Hindustan Times.